WILMINGTON — Richard McKinley Lawing, 85, passed away Friday, May 3, 2019, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington.
He was born May 17, 1933, in Kannapolis, son of the late Ervin Gage and Ada Harrington Lawing.
Mr. Lawing owned and operated the Sea Ranch Motel and Jade East Motel in Carolina Beach during the 1960s and 1970s. He was a residential building contractor since the 1970s, constructing over 200 homes in New Hanover and surrounding counties. He also worked as a floor planner for General Electric Corporation in the 1960s and 1970s.
Surviving are his wife, Ann Brumley Lawing; children, Karen Hines, and her husband, Clint, and Kimberly Collins, and her husband, Jon; grandchildren, Jenny Hines Warwick, and her husband, Rob, Julie Hines, Caroline Collins, and her fiancé, Zach Clark, and Elyssa Collins; and great-grandpups, Georgia, Finn (black dog), Tucker and Traveler.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 7, at Andrews Mortuary Valley Chapel, 4108 South College Road, Wilmington. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, May 8, at Carolina Memorial Park, Concord.
Memorial gifts, in lieu of flowers, may be offered to a charity of individual choice.
The family offers special thanks to the staff of Castle Creek Memory Care, Castle Hayne.
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